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Christmas day in the firing zone
by Team Khalil 25 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The residents of two villages in the Israeli firing zone 918 in the South Hebron Hills experienced a fearful Christmas day as the Israeli soldiers and a tank conducted firing exercises in close proximity to their homes. From late afternoon on 25 December the…
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Ransacking and arrests in Sarra and Tell
22 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Sarra and Tell, Occupied Palestine. Hundreds of Israeli soldiers raided the neighbouring villages of Sarra and Tell, south of Nablus, broke into seven homes and arrested three people in the early hours of Thursday morning. A family in Sarra, a village of around 5,000 inhabitants, told us how 50 Israeli…
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Curfew imposed on Kifl Hares as settlers invade
21 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Kifl Haris, Occupied Palestine At around 9.30pm last night several Israeli Army vehicles entered the village of Kifl Haris as they do many times every year. They immediately imposed a strict unannounced curfew. The Israeli military tell nobody this will happen, nobody can leave their homes, nobody is…
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An appeal to the international community to save the lives of Palestinian administrative detainees on hunger strike, al-Sharawna and al-Eissawi
20 December 2012 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) expresses extreme concern over the fate of Ayman al-Sharawna and Samer al-Eissawi, who have been on hunger strike in Israeli jails. PCHR holds the Israeli Occupation Forces accountable for these lives, and calls upon the international community to exert…
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Madama attack – Harrowing account from the Nassar family
18 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Madama, Occupied Palestine Following yesterday’s attack on the village of Madama by Israeli soldiers and settlers, Huda Ibraheem Nassar, the mother of the family who were violently attacked yesterday, recounted to us the harrowing story of what happened. Currently one of her sons who was seized by settlers…
